Northwest Nazarene University: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$80,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Northwest Nazarene University we provide you with information about faculty structure, salaries, and class sizes, as well as comparisons to competing and nearby colleges.

Faculty Compensation and Workload

Full-time
Faculty
99
As a rule, properly compensated instructors are better motivated and have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching; therefore, we consider faculty compensation to be an important factor for evaluating education quality.

Monthly faculty salaries at Northwest Nazarene University vary approximately from $5,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $80,000 a year, that is 22% lower than Idaho average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $6,635 a month on average; that is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $6,751 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
ID Average
Difference

Professor
$89,004
$125,105
-29%

Associate professor
$84,588
$109,801
-23%

Assistant professor
$69,828
$96,333
-28%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Northwest Nazarene University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Northwest Nazarene University has a pretty good, 13:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios usually imply smaller class size, more attention to students, better quality of education, and higher satisfaction both for students and instructors. High ratios are usually a sign of the opposite.

Use the charts above to compare faculty compensation and workload at Northwest Nazarene University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Northwest Nazarene University includes 28 professors, 34 associate professors, and 37 assistant professors - 50 men and 49 women:
Northwest Nazarene University Faculty Demographics Chart

Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is usually assigned by the college itself.

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